Purple - Yata Misaki Love Story

Part 3

It was a while before I saw them again.
I had gone out with Rei to buy him a dinki car for his birthday. The both of us were super excited, but somewhere in the crowd Rei let go of my hand and he slipped out of my grip.
I lost him, and spent hours looking for him.

On the brink of tears, I saw him from a window of a bar, surrounded by men who looked to be keeping him company and making him laugh.
I bolted through the door and gripped onto the boy, blinking back the tears as I scolded him lightly.
"I missed you mama!" He cried, though unlike my worried self he was no doubt smiling.
"I missed you too, little Rei."
I stood, looking up to the blonde I immediately recognized him.
"He's been hanging around for about an hour, I'm glad someone came for him." He smiled, "I'm Izumo Kusanagi, this is my bar, Homra."
"Yes, thank you. My name is Yuri Shizukata, this is Rei - but, you probably already knew that, didn't you?"
"He's quiet the conversationalist."
I chuckled, "Thank you again. I'll be going now."
"No problem at all. Please, come back again."
"Yeah! I wanna come back!" Rei cheered.
"Guess I don't have a choice."
The crowd in the bar yelled goodbye as I left, and even though Homra is supposed to be Sceptre 4's enemy, I'd never felt more at home.